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Kunio Naitou

Player No.	77
Rank	9-dan
Date of birth	Nov 15, 1939
Birthplace	Hyogo
Teacher	藤内金吾8-dan (deceased)

Junisen terms55

Career record292W-282L

Win rate0.509

Deviation score (FY2014)18.6

Best deviation score77.8
FY1969

Rating history and all games →

Junisen record

Term	Class	Rank	Record	Up/down	Deviation
73rd term	Class C2	36	0W-10L	Demerit	18.6
72nd term	Class C2	2	3W-7L		30.5
71st term	Class C1	34	1W-9L	Relegated	21.1
70th term	Class C1	26	1W-9L	Demerit	31.3
69th term	Class C1	1	2W-8L		27.1
68th term	Class B2	20	3W-7L	Relegated	31.4
67th term	Class B2	24	3W-7L		47.2
66th term	Class B2	18	2W-8L	Demerit	38.3
65th term	Class B2	5	3W-7L
64th term	Class B2	8	6W-4L		48.0
63rd term	Class B2	9	5W-5L		45.7
62nd term	Class B2	3	5W-5L		51.6
61st term	Class B2	15	7W-3L		50.0
60th term	Class B2	13	4W-6L		49.0
59th term	Class B2	1	4W-6L		38.5
58th term	Class B1	11	2W-9L	Relegated
57th term	Class B2	1	9W-1L	Promoted	49.7
56th term	Class B1	10	4W-8L	Relegated	48.4
55th term	Class B1	10	5W-7L		54.6
54th term	Class B1	5	5W-7L		50.8
53rd term	Class B1	5	6W-5L		51.8
52nd term	Class B1	3	6W-5L		55.6
51st term	Class B1	2	7W-5L		56.8
50th term	Class A	5	1W-8L	Relegated	49.8
49th term	Class A	4	5W-4L		54.4
48th term	Class A	3	5W-4L		61.4
47th term	Class A	7	6W-3L		62.5
46th term	Class A	9	4W-5L		52.4
45th term	Class B1	4	12W-1L	Promoted	66.7
44th term	Class B1	5	7W-4L		61.7
43rd term	Class B1	1	6W-6L		63.6
42nd term	Class A	6	2W-7L	Relegated	62.4
41st term	Class A	6	4W-5L		67.0
40th term	Class A	6	5W-4L		64.8
39th term	Class A	7	5W-4L		58.0
38th term	Class A	9	4W-5L		61.9
37th term	Class B1	3	9W-2L	Promoted	63.0
36th term	Class B1	3	7W-4L		45.8
30th term	Class B1	1	7W-6L		64.5
29th term	Class A	2	3W-7L	Relegated	66.4
28th term	Class A	5	7W-3L		68.1
27th term	Class A	5	5W-5L		69.6
26th term	Class A	5	4W-4L		66.1
25th term	Class A	8	4W-4L		62.2
24th term	Class B1	1	12W-1L	Promoted	77.8
23rd term	Class A	7	3W-7L	Relegated	59.3
22nd term	Class A	10	4W-5L		59.1
21st term	Class B1	12	9W-3L	Promoted	63.7
20th term	Class B2	4	9W-3L	Promoted	72.5
19th term	Class B2	1	8W-4L		64.9
18th term	Class B1	13	3W-8L	Relegated
17th term	Class B2	12	10W-1L	Promoted
16th term	Class C1	11	9W-2L	Promoted
15th term	Class C2	1	10W-2L	Promoted
14th term	Class C2	13	10W-3L

How the deviation score is calculated: see here.

Titles won

Oi-sen	2 terms (13th and 23th terms)
Oza-sen	1 terms (30th term)
Kisei-sen	2 terms (15th and 23th terms)

Ryuo-sen and Eio-sen from 2007 only; others are all-time records.

Terms in each class

Class A	17 terms
Class B1	16 terms
Class B2	14 terms
Class C1	4 terms
Class C2	4 terms

Promotion history

Feb 4, 1974	9-dan
Apr 1, 1967	8-dan
Apr 1, 1963	7-dan
Apr 1, 1962	6-dan
Apr 1, 1961	5-dan
Oct 1, 1958	4-dan
1956	1-dan

Career win milestones

100 wins	Nov 13, 1965 Tokyo Shimbun Cup
200 wins	May 24, 1969 Kisei-sen
300 wins	May 2, 1972 Kisei-sen
400 wins	Dec 10, 1974 Kio-sen
500 wins	Jul 5, 1978 Renmei Cup
600 wins	Sep 24, 1982 Oza-sen
700 wins	Jan 24, 1986 Junisen
800 wins	Apr 23, 1991 Ryuo-sen
900 wins	Aug 25, 1997 Ryuo-sen
1000 wins	Jun 29, 2005 Ryuo-sen

Best wins (highest-rated opponents)

Dec 4, 1973	Makoto Nakahara 2021	Kisei-sen
Jul 7, 1972	Makoto Nakahara 1999	Oi-sen
Jul 12, 1972	Makoto Nakahara 1989	Kisei-sen
Sep 6, 1974	Makoto Nakahara 1974	Judan-sen
Nov 22, 1974	Yasuharu Ooyama 1967	Kio-sen

Career wins and ratings are counted from the games recorded on this site (official games from FY1964, and Junisen games before that) and may differ from official records.

Frequent opponents

Michio Ariyoshi	47W-38L	Head-to-head
Makoto Nakahara	24W-47L	Head-to-head
Kunio Yonenaga	35W-34L	Head-to-head
Yasuharu Ooyama	18W-50L	Head-to-head
Kiyozumi Kiriyama	26W-39L	Head-to-head
Hifumi Katoh	27W-32L	Head-to-head
Tatsuya Futakami	21W-19L	Head-to-head
Nobuyuki Oouchi	22W-14L	Head-to-head
Bungo Fukusaki	22W-14L	Head-to-head
Hidemitsu Moriyasu	20W-15L	Head-to-head
Yoshikazu Minami	15W-20L	Head-to-head
Hitoshige Awaji	22W-9L	Head-to-head

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